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03 August 2011

The convenience trap: What the changes at Netflix reveal about an insidious trend →[More:] Earlier this summer, a New York Times Magazine article touched off a debate about “cultural vegetables,” singling out “long” movies that in most cases are shorter than the average football game. We carry around unspoken assumptions about what’s long and what’s short, what’s easy and what’s hard, and when those assumptions calcify, we may no longer be aware they’re there. The populist idea that art should be accessible to the public has been engulfed by the notion of art as commodity, readily available, no waiting.

post by: BoringPostcards at: 07:32 | 2 comments

Some good ideas here. Instant gratification is certainly a powerful force. I was thinking of something similar, in a very minor league way, when I, sitting on the couch of course, found myself adding Double Indemnity to my instant queue because that was easier than getting up to find the dvd. Hmmm.

posted by JanetLand 03 August | 07:55

Yeah, well, Lars Von Trier still owes me $7.50; nuts to him.

posted by Triode 03 August | 22:03

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